Important Documents
This document listed all the issues the colonists had with Britain and outlined why they were breaking away.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The ocean colonists crossed to reach North America.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The year which the American colonies severed their ties to Great Britain.
What is 1776?
Famous American general, First President, and a former officer of the British Army.
Who is George Washington?
The names for each side of the Civil War.
What is the Union/Confederacy?
Begins with "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union..."
What is the Constitution?
The year which Christopher Columbus arrived on Hispaniola in the Caribbean.
What is 1492?
During this event, American colonists, some dressed up as Native Americans, dumped tea off ships in a form of protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Founding Father known for his inventions, helping to draft the Declaration, and being an ambassador to France.
Who is Ben Franklin?
He signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A list of freedoms guaranteed by the government.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The name of the religious group that sought to seek new colonies in North America aboard the Mayflower.
Who are the Pilgrims?
Famous for his large signature and as the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Amendment that made slavery unconstitutional.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
An agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government.
What is The Articles of Confederation?
The first permanent English colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This war took place in North America between the British, French, and Native Americans and is considered a cause of the American Revolution.
What is the French and Indian War?
Union general who helped secure a victory for the North and was the 18th president of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
Passed in 1783, it provided a method for admitting new states to the Union outside of the original colonies and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in new territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This Compact, named after a ship, provided a framework for self-government in the New England colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Authored by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, it explained why the Constitution was vital to the survival of the United States.
What is The Federalist Papers?
Former slave turned abolitionist, he gave a famous speech at an Independence Day celebration and became a leader of the movement for African American rights in the 19th century.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The strategic plan of the North to starve the Confederates by "slowing squeezing the life out" of the South.
What is the Anaconda Plan?